watch this

have you seen this? candi and i watched it last night...words can't describe my feelings on this documentary...up there with spellbound and the devil and daniel johnston...and if you haven't seen those either, then...well...it's time.

establishing the hoj

You have probably never wondered why this blog is called "House of Jansen." Believe it or not there is more to it than a lack of creativity. (about as creative as the Dave Matthews Band amirite?) There is actually a backstory to our little slice of the internets.

Candi and I got married in the winter of 2003. After enjoying our free honeymoon at the El Dorado Royale in the sunny Riveria Maya, we quickly settled in to new life as a married couple. OK, "settled in" might be pushing it a little bit. We didn't quite kill each other, but came pretty close a couple of times in those first couple of months. I think the false expectations set by a couple in that first little while after they say "I do" sort of creates this hyper-sensitive reality. Every little thing wrongly said or done leads the offended spouse with the fear that "this is how my marriage is going to be!" At least that's how it seemed to us. You might be thinking to yourself, "wait a minute, did he say, 'free honeymoon?'" Long story, but there are definitely perks to being on staff at a church.

Because the wedding was so close to Christmas, I think was important to get each other gifts that would be meaningful and memorable. For instance, I got Candi a box set of the Chronic-what-cles of Narnia because it was so important to me as a child and she had never read it. Candi wanted to get me something special also. She thought long and hard about it, and came up with a great idea. In an attempt to celebrate her new name, she would get a metal plaque that we could hang on the outside wall. You know, "The Jansen's Live Here" or "Welcome to the Jansen's." The end result wound up being much more comical. Apparently someone got the order wrong, and we ended up with a plaque that says "House of Jansen." I'm not exactly sure why it's so funny to me, but it could be that everytime I read it in my head I am speaking with my best Sean Connery as King Arthur accent. "Welcome to the House of Jansen, may I interest you in a chalice of mead and a boar's leg?"

I'm pretty sure it hurt Candi's feelings on that first Christmas morning when I laughed out loud as I opened her present, but she's probably over it. Probably.

Happy Mother's Day

I'm thankful to have a great mom AND a great mother-in-law too. Happy Mother's Day! We love you both.

mind = blown

holy crap...do you watch lost? here are my questions from last nights episode:

• what is the connection between abaddon (creepy black orderly/oceanic lawyer guy) and widmore?
• how is locke supposed to move the island?
• is claire dead?
• why doesn't richard age?
• why didn't locke pass "the test" that richard gave him?
• is widmore dharma? (keamy got that dharma book from the safe)

thoughts?

enriching the hoj

this summer is all about enrichment...the house of jansen will be taking lessons...lots of lessons...we're all learning new stuff at the same time...should be fun...

ollie: swimming lessons at our local gym/waterpark/babysitting facility.

candi: sewing lessons from a lady at hancocks fabrics.

jeremy: guitar lessons from this guy and golf lessons at this place.

otto: pouting lessons from this big brother.

is your family taking lessons?

tonight

candi made this for dinner...we watched this guy get the axe...fed otto out of one these...watched ollie play with these in the bathtub and listened to him sweetly do this...candi watched this in our room to get ready for this...i watched this in the living room and then went here to read about the scientific accuracy of the plot with all the other dorks...it was a good night

-jj